Former Kraftwerk Member Wolfgang Flür Tricked Into Fake Daft Punk Collaboration by Imposter

He wrote on Facebook that they would be nowhere without Kraftwerk, and he also got a signed record from them.

Former Kraftwerk Member Wolfgang Flür Tricked Into Fake Daft Punk Collaboration by Imposter

The world of electronic music is currently coming to terms with news of an international ruse which has seen former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür reportedly tricked into a false collaboration with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter. Flür, who rose to fame as part of Kraftwerk between 1973 and 1987, issued his third solo album, Times, on Friday (March 28). Early reports of the record indicated the effort was a star-studded affair, featuring collabor…

Kraftwerk's Wolfgang Flür Celebrates 1980s 'Times' » PopMatters

Wolfgang Flür is at least trying to move the Kraftwerk ethos forward. That fact alone gives an album like Times some artistic value.

​Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür hoodwinked into fake collaboration with Daft Punk impersonator

Flür believed that Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter had reached out about a collaboration on social media Continue reading...

The former Kraftwerk member thought that he would communicate & collaborate with the real Thomas Bangalter – but that wasn't the case.Wolfgang Flür, ex-member of the Kraftwerk band, was apparently led to a fake daft punk collaboration.The musician, who became famous as part of Kraftwerk between 1973 and 1986, believed that he had worked with Daft punk co-founder Thomas Bangalter for two songs from his new album TIMES (released on 28 March). This…

Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür tricked into collaboration with Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter imposter

The Daft Punk Historian Luke Perez reports that someone pretending to be Thomas Bangalter reached out to Wolfgang Flür on social media, prompting a collaboration